Side Walk by Ovie Carter
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Mitchell Duneier is professor of sociology at Princeton University and visiting distinguished professor of sociology at the City University of New York. Ovie Carter, who took the photographs used in this book, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1975 for The Faces of Hunger.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780374263553 |
| ISBN 10 | 0374263558 |
| Titel | Side Walk |
| Autor | Ovie Carter |
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| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Farrar Straus Giroux |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2002-10-29 |
| Seitenanzahl | 383 |
| Preise | Winner of L.A. Times Book Prize (Current Interest) 1999, Commended for Society of Midland Authors Award (Adult Nonfiction) 2000 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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